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Patronage
  
Korean Clergy

Name
  
Andrew Taegon


Beatified
  
1925

Major shrine
  
Andrew Kim Taegon The New Estampita of Sto Cristo and St Andrew Kim Taegon


Born
  
August 21, 1821Solmoe, Dangjin, Korea (
1821-08-21
)

Venerated in
  
Catholic ChurchAnglican Church

Canonized
  
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II

Feast
  
16 September20 September (Roman calendar, along with The Korean Martyrs)

Attributes
  
Hanbok and gat, crucifix, a red stole

Died
  
September 16, 1846, Han River, North Korea

Sep 20 homily st andrew kim taegon and companions martyrs of korea


Saint Kim Taegon Andrea (Hangul: 김대건 안드레아, Hanja: 金大建) (1821–1846), generally referred to as Saint Andrew Kim Taegon in English, was the first Korean-born Catholic priest and is the patron saint of Korea. In the late 18th century, Roman Catholicism began to take root slowly in Korea and was introduced by scholars who visited China and brought back Western books translated into Chinese. In 1836 Korea saw its first consecrated missionaries (members of the Paris Foreign Missions Society) arrive, only to find out that the people there were already practicing Korean Catholics.

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Born of yangban, Kim's parents were converts and his father was subsequently martyred for practising Christianity, a prohibited activity in heavily Confucian Korea. After being baptized at age 15, Kim studied at a seminary in the Portuguese colony of Macau. He also spent time in study at Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines, where today he is also venerated. He was ordained a priest in Shanghai after nine years (1844) by the French bishop Jean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol. He then returned to Korea to preach and evangelize. During the Joseon Dynasty, Christianity was suppressed and many Christians were persecuted and executed. Catholics had to covertly practise their faith. Kim was one of several thousand Christians who were executed during this time. In 1846, at the age of 25, he was tortured and beheaded near Seoul on the Han River. His last words were:

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Before Ferréol, the first bishop of Korea, died from exhaustion on 3 February 1853, he wanted to be buried beside Kim, stating, “You will never know how sad I was to lose this young native priest. I have loved him as a father loved his son; it is a consolation for me to think of his eternal happiness.”

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On May 6, 1984, Pope John Paul II canonized Kim along with 102 other Korean Martyrs, including Paul Chong Hasang, during his trip to Korea. Their memorial is September 20.

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References

Andrew Kim Taegon Wikipedia


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